"I know there are parents who are very structured and organized and are certainly far more together than I am, it's just not me."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Soleil Moon Frye

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“I am amused when goody-goodies proclaim, from the safety of their armchairs, that children are naturally prejudice-free, that they only learn to "hate" from listening to bigoted adults. Nonsense. Tolerance is a learned trait, like riding a bike or playing the piano. Those of us who actually live among children, who see them in their natural environment, know the truth: Left to their own devices, children will gang up on and abuse anyone who is even slightly different from the norm.”
“What if i fail?" ...the more profound question is, "what if i never fail?" "Stop making excuses and start managing your fear.”
“Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies.”

Source : Mrs. Chapone (Hester), John Gregory, Lady Sarah Pennington (1827). “Letters on the improvement of the mind: addressed to a lady, by Mrs. Chapone. A father's legacy to his daughters, by Dr. Gregory. A mother's advice to her absent daughters, with an additional letter, on the management and education of infant children, by Lady Pennington”, p.166
“In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s.”

Source : "Questions for Phyllis Smith". Interview with Jessica Grose, www.slate.com. June 23, 2011.
“So Kim Kardashian is getting a divorce, 72 days after a wedding that is variously reported to have cost $10 million or more. Just to put that in perspective, that sum could have built 200 schools in poor countries around the world for kids who desperately want an education. Then Kardashian could have helped transform the world, not just entertain it. And the schools would have lasted incomparably longer than her marriage.”
“The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation.”
“For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.”

Source : "Hot Tracks: Gary Clark Jr". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. December 2012.
“affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have ...”

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